Why should residents of Colorado escape the humiliation that accompanies an appearance in “Judge Judy’s” court?

This week, Thursday (April 26) at 4:30 p.m. on Channel 31, Judge Sheindlin hears the case of plaintiffs Greg Peterson and his wife Sherrie Peterson of Aurora, who are suing their former friend, Donald Zisch of Lakewood, for not returning their property.

Zisch claims that the plaintiffs are not entitled to anything and is counter-suing them for unpaid rent and money he loaned him.

It gets messier from there, of course. Dogs, gerbils, interrupted Broncos, a texting war and lost belongings figure prominently.

Man, Judge Judy is a b**ch. Regardless of your reason for being in her court you can and will be treated very poorly. She is so very nasty that, manytimes, she fails to hear what her “victims” are talking about. Many times her show demonstrates a serious miscarriage of justice. By the way, I watch it every day.

Joanne Ostrow has been watching TV since before "reality" required quotation marks. "Hill Street Blues" was life-changing. If Dickens, Twain or Agatha Christie were alive today, they'd be writing for television. And proud of it.